New York, NY, November 7, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Asian American voters were considered a swing
voting bloc in the weeks leading up to Election Day, but Obama scooped
the Asian American vote by a wide margin, with 72% voting for President
Obama and 26% for Mitt Romney. In Congressional races, 73% of Asian
American voters backed Democratic candidates, while 27% backed
Republicans. Democratic Assemblywoman Grace Meng became the first Asian
American from New York to be elected to Congress.

According to the results of the Asian American Election Eve Poll, a first-time joint project by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American
Community Development (National CAPACD), although 41% of Asian Americans
tend to vote Democratic, a large proportion of Asian Americans describe
themselves as independent (29%), and 14% of Asian Americans are
Republicans.

"The Asian American community was poised to be a swing vote in key
states," said Margaret Fung, AALDEF Executive Director. "One-fifth of
Asian Americans in yesterday's election were also first-time voters. Yet
they came out in huge numbers for President Obama."

Despite their growing interest in the 2012 elections, a majority
(51%) of Asian Americans said they were never contacted by a campaign,
political party, or community group to register to vote or to vote.
Among the 40% who were approached to vote in yesterday's election, 55%
of Asian Americans were contacted by Democratic representatives, 38% by
Republicans, and 32% by community organizations.

"The continued lack of political outreach to Asian American voters is
why AALDEF conducts a national poll monitoring and exit polling program
in every major election," said Fung. "There was clearly room for either
Obama or Romney to make a concerted appeal to the Asian American
community. Rather, the results of our poll indicate that issues, not
outreach, drove Asian Americans to support the Democratic party in
yesterday's polls."

By a wide margin, Asian Americans said that President Obama cares
more about their needs and problems (47%) than Governor Romney (14%).

Among the key findings on issues:

* Health care. 60% of Asian American voters
supported the federal government's role in ensuring access to health
insurance, compared to 23% who believe that people should secure their
own health insurance.

* Budget deficit. To address the national budget
deficit, 45% of Asian Americans supported a combination of tax increases
and spending cuts, with 26% stating that taxes on the wealthy should be
increased. Only 14% of Asian Americans supported spending cuts alone to
reduce the deficit.

* Immigration reform. 57% of Asian American voters
supported comprehensive immigration reform, with a path to citizenship
for undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. This support
was much higher among U.S. born Asian American citizens (73%), compared
to foreign-born Asian American citizens (50%).

* Undocumented youth. 35% of Asian Americans said
they were more enthusiastic about President Obama because of his new
policy to stop the deportation of undocumented youth who attended
college or served in the military (Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals). 40% of Asian Americans said their vote was not affected by
this policy directive, but nearly half (49%) of Asian American voters
aged 18 to 30 were more enthusiastic about Obama after he announced the
new policy in June 2012.

REMINDER: Webinar TODAY 3pm EST

To provide a more accurate profile of the Asian American electorate
and its voting preferences, AALDEF and National CAPACD will hold a
webinar to discuss the results of the first ever Asian American Election
Eve Poll. The webinar will be held TODAY, Wednesday, November 7, at 3 pm EST / 12 noon PST.

The Asian American Election Eve Poll was telephone survey of 800
Asian American voters in 50 states conducted this past weekend (Nov. 2
to 4). The poll was co-sponsored by AALDEF and National CAPACD, and
conducted by Latino Decisions, an opinion research firm, with Professor
Natalie Masuoka of Tufts University and analysis by AALDEF consultant
Nancy Yu.

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